Breville Gourmet Single Cup Brewer

If you wish your home was more like a coffee bar, you'll love the stainless steel Breville Gourmet Single Cup Brewer. With its large 60-ounce water tank, this sleek machine can churn out many cups before you have to refill it. (The handy reservoir detaches for refilling at the sink.) And, with a brew time of less than a minute per cup, you can fill everyone's mugs as quickly as with a multicup brewer. The Breville Gourmet uses prefilled Keurig K cups, but it also comes with a reusable K-cup that you can fill with your own coffee and store in the side of the unit. The coffee came out piping hot in GHRI tests but, unfortunately, it was the least tasty of any java produced in GHRI tests. One handy extra: If you forget to turn the machine off, it shuts down automatically after two hours.

Manufacturer's Warranty: Limited one year

Reviewed: February 2013

Price When Reviewed: $250.00

Pros

Brews in the optimal time for producing good-tasting coffee

Takes less than a minute to brew a single cup from start to finish

Brewed coffee was very hot

Easy to program and use controls

Comprehensive use/care and Quick Start guide included

Excellent customer service

Cons

Doesn’t brew at the optimal temperature for producing good-tasting coffee